Hi Peter,
You need to name an object to be able to read its value in preview mode;
there's no other way (no easy one at least; it's possible to set up a
field that would modify a variable when rendered, but all this is
convoluted and unreliable). But now when you've asked I'm not sure
anymore, because whatever tests I've run I run long time ago. On the
other hand if I ended up with this idea then there were reasons, I guess
:) From what I vaguely remember if you try to read a value in preview
mode, it will return the value from the first record, regardless of the
page you're on; but an object on a layout will return the real value
from whichever record happens to be on that page.
Kind regards,
--
Mikhail Edoshin
[email protected]
Skype: mikhail_edoshin
On 13.11.2014 13:19, Peter Buchanan wrote:
Thanks Mikhail
Similar to Richard's solution.
Just one question -- the need to give an object name?
Regards
Peter
*From:*FileMaker Pro Discussions
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mikhail Edoshin
*Sent:* 13 November 2014 08:08
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: saving grouped records to individual PDF files
Hi Peter,
It may be possible to add a subsummary part, set it to break the page
before each occurrence, put the region name into it and give it an
object name. Then loop over the pages in Preview mode and on each page
read the current region. If it's different from the previous, you got
a new group; remember the page number and continue to loop until you
get another region or there's no more pages. This way you can
calculate the pages for each region and save only those pages.
Kind regards,
--
Mikhail Edoshin
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Skype: mikhail_edoshin
On 11.11.2014 21:54, Peter Buchanan wrote:
Hi
Maybe someone can just point me in the right direction :
(Windows, FM Pro 13)
I have a found set, say 30 records, all having the same job number ID.
Within this set, the records each have a value in the Region field.
The number of records will vary, and the regions are also variable.
I sort the records by Region, then I want to save the records to PDF,
creating one PDF file for each region.
I was thinking along the lines of creating a value list of the
regions, and then looping through each value etc.
Any ideas?
Many thanks
Peter
